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PRIME 2
Atlas SLV-3 · Test Flight
1967Space Launch Complex 3E, Vandenberg
Mission
The Martin X-23 PRIME (Precision Recovery Including Maneuvering Entry) was a small uncrewed lifting body re-entry vehicle tested by the United States Air Force in the late 1960s. PRIME 2 was launched on 5 March 1967. This flight simulated a 1053 km cross range re-entry, and banking at hypersonic speeds. Several stringers on the main parachute failed to cut which lead to the loss of the vehicle.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3
- Orbit
- Sub
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 3E
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2